Expanding the Heart

Whenever I start to write a blog, I wish to accomplish a couple of things: share something that people enjoy reading, such as a nice event, an exciting trip, or even topics like inner peace and peacebuilding.

But often, dark subjects hover in my mind. These dark subjects might be books, like “Born a Crime”, which is Trevor Noah’s story of how he grew up as a “colored” (because he was not fully black) in South Africa. His stories help see…